You’ve seen it in countless cop films: the hostage stand-off! Now play it, in Hostage/Negotiator. In the game, players uses Conversation Cards to carry out several conversation with the Abductor. You’ll resolve cards by rolling dice and your success or failure largely depends on yoru ability to control the Abductor’s Threat Level. In the meantime, you’ll need to acquire more Conversation points so that you can buy more cards. Above all, you must save the hostages! After each conversation you’ll resolve a Terror Card making your objective even more difficult.

With My First Bohnanza, even younger children will be able to learn the popular bean collecting card game in small steps. We introduce ten new types of beans – just for kids – and they can begin their bean farmer journey earning gold coins.

Escape from Mount Gram is the newest adventure pack for the Lord of the Rings Living Card Game. In this Adventure Pack, players will find sixty cards that expand the Angmar Awakened series. The contents of the pack are designed to augment existing decks and add an entirely new scenario for players.

The DC Deck Building universe expands doubly this weekend with both the Teen Titans and Justice Society of America expansions.

First up, the Teen Titans Go! expansion contains over two hundred new cards as well as a new “ongoing” mechanic. With this mechanic, players can now save their best cards for when they really need them and when ready, unleash everything they’ve got. As is standard anymore, this big box expansion also contains a special promo card.

A smaller, cheaper expansion, the JSA Crossover Pack can be added to any previous or future DC Deck Building expansion. This smaller Crossover Pack only contains additional character cards to be added to the game, including Doctor Fate, Jay Garrick Flash, Alan Scott Green Lantern, Power Girl, Stargirl, Mr. Terrific, and Wildcat!

Quantum is an epic game of strategy and conquest for two to four fleet commanders (players). Each die is a starship; a six is a swift but fragile scout, while a one is a slow but devastating battlestation. To win players will need to construct quantum cubes that will evolve your fleet as you go. Endlessly customizable, players can create their own maps or play on any of the thirty unique ones included in the game.

Not entirely official, yet no less beneficial, Litko Game Accessories has released a set of plastic markers, tokens, and rulers for the Fantasy Flight X-Wing miniature game. Out this weekend, these accessories include a deluxe gauge set, space shield tokens, focus tokens, target lock tokens, ion tokens, and stress tokens, some in a variety of colors.

Lastly, but nowhere near least(ly), we’ve got a trio of long overdue Star Wars Roleplaying Game items.

First up, the hardcover core rulebook for the Force and Destiny expansion to the Star Wars RPG. This complete tabletop RPG dives into the struggle between light and dark sides of the Force. Craft a lightsaber, free the oppressed and downtrodden, and duel dreaded agents of the Sith in the conflict to bring balance to the Force.

Supporting that hardcover core rulebook is the Force and Destiny Game Master’s Kit. Included in this Kit are complete construction rules for building lightsabers, brand new rules concernging Knight-level play, and a deluxe GM’s screen with the most commonly-referenced rules.

The final release rounding out the Force and Destiny barrage are the Adversary decks. Six in total, these card packs include a minimum of twenty cards that represent various NPC characters that can be encounter in-game. Out this weekend are the Imperials and Rebels, Scum and Villany, and Citizens of the Galaxy decks, as well as the Critical Hit and Injury decks.

Getting tired of playing your X-Wing and Star Trek Attack Wing games on a boring, plain kitchen table? Well, HCD Game Supplies has finally released two specialized playmats that are intended to be used with the previously mentioned, space-based miniature games. These 3′ x 3′ game mats come in a Star Field (vast blackness with dots of stars) and Space Battles (planets) designs.

Another gaming accessory for an even popular game is also on shelves this weekend. The Settlers of Catan Convertible Game Board is an official release from the makers of Settlers of Catan that will help to stop your Catan tiles from sliding all over the table or game pieces getting knocked over. This hard plastic template piece houses the gaming tiles, while also providing enough space in between tiles to build roads. This board will also support a six player game of Catan.

The board game adaptation of FX‘s popular motorcycle gang series, Sons of Anarchy, receives an expansion this weekend. The Grim Bastards Club Expansion is an add-on pack that, when added to the base Sons of Anarchy: Men of Mayhem, can expand the game for up to five players (or six if you already have the Calaveras Club Expansion).

Pulling from Japanese culture, Kitsune: Of Foxes and Fools is a new hand management card game that puts players into the role of an ancient fox spirit. These Kitsune punish the foolish, sinful mistakes of humans, earning their tails when they do. Players will uses cards to reprimand humans, attempting to earn nine tails as a means of attaining victory.

Carcassonne Around the World is a recent themed set of Carcassonne expansions that take the base tile-laying and meeple placement from the original game and drop them into different times and locals. Gold Rush is the second release in this set, sending players back to late 1800s America. Instead of castles and roads, players will be hunting for gold in mines and placing tents. Of course, you can always choose to steal your opponent’s gold if your digging isn’t turning a profit.

Long awaited, the third deluxe expansion for the Fantasy Flight Star Wars LCG game is out!

In Between the Shadows players received cards that highlight the Jedi and Scum & Villainy factions. Included in the expansion are twenty-six entirely new objective sets. Among the characters that players will be allowed to use are fan favorites like Luke Skywalker, Boba Fett, and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Speed round tonight. The descriptions all come from the noted websites.

Fluxx the Board Game

“The board game that’s all about change: changing rules, changing goals and now changing tiles. Occupy the right tile spaces to claim the current goal and reveal the next goal… getting you one step closer to victory!”

“It’s more strategic than the original card game and delivers everything you’d expect from a name like Fluxx: The Board Game. The ever-shifting landscape is made of tiles that can be rotated or uprooted elsewhere on the table. To win, players must position their pieces on spaces shown on the goal. Victory requires accomplishing several goals but the exact number needed is subject to change! Rules changes are tracked on a comprehensive new pegboard. It’s a game about change where everything can change—from the rules to the gameboard to the color of your pieces!” – www.looneylabs.com

Bushido: Way of the Warrior

“In Bushido: Der Weg des Kriegers (the subtitle means “Way of the Warrior”) players take on the roles of Daimyo, feudal lords in medieval Japan, and compete to become the next shogun of the empire, who gets appointed by the emperor.”

“This game is all about resource management and conflict, but unlike other games in this category you won’t necessarily win, if you conquer the most areas. Your main goal is to earn enough honor, which can be achieved in different ways. There are two kinds of honor. ‘Daimyo-Honor’ is the victory condition and can be directly gained by holding provinces, and indirectly by transforming ‘Samurai-Honor’ at a set rate. ‘Samurai-Honor’ is gained by winning a defensive or offensive battle. It can be transformed into ‘Daimyo-Honor’ with a tea ceremony.” – Board Game Geek

Star Wars LCG: Edge of Darkness expansion

“Edge of Darkness is the first deluxe expansion for Star Wars: The Card Game. Its twenty-two new objective sets add 132 total cards that allow players to battle for the fate of the galaxy as either of two new affiliations, the dark side’s Scum and Villainy or the light side’s Smugglers and Spies.”

“Both of these affiliations live at the outskirts of Imperial law, and Edge of Darkness draws heavily from the original Star Wars trilogy as it builds themes centered around the remote planet of Tatooine and the independent mining colony of Cloud City. Edge of Darkness allows you to expand your games of Star Wars with Jawas, Tuskens, bounties, captives, and sabotage. You’ll also find such notable heroes and villains as Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, Greedo, Bossk, and Jabba the Hutt, and you’ll be able explore unheralded new events within the expanded Star Wars universe.” – fantasyflightgames.com

D&D Magic Item Compendium

“The 3.5 Edition Premium Magic Item Compendium collects the most popular magic items in the D&D game and presents them in one easy-to-reference tome. This premium reprint also features an attractive new cover and includes errata.” – wizards.com

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